§251. Setting up distillery
Every person who shall, within the Indian country, set up or continue any distillery for manufacturing ardent spirits, shall be liable to a penalty of $1,000; and the superintendent of Indian affairs, Indian agent, or subagent, within the limits of whose agency any distillery of ardent spirits is set up or continued, shall forthwith destroy and break up the same.
(R.S. §2141.)
Codification
R.S. §2141 derived from act June 30, 1834, ch. 161, §21,
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174,
Indian Agents
The services of Indian agents have been dispensed with. See note set out under section 64 of this title.
Superintendent of Indian Affairs
No appropriation for any superintendent of Indian affairs has been made since act Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 101, §1,